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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Ploy \Ploy\, n.
     Sport; frolic. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Ploy \Ploy\, v. i. [Prob. abbrev. fr. deploy.] (Mil.)
     To form a column from a line of troops on some designated
     subdivision; -- the opposite of deploy. --Wilhelm.
     [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Ploy \Ploy\, n.
     Sport; frolic. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Ploy \Ploy\, v. i. [Prob. abbrev. fr. deploy.] (Mil.)
     To form a column from a line of troops on some designated
     subdivision; -- the opposite of deploy. --Wilhelm.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  ploy
       n 1: an opening remark intended to secure an advantage for the
            speaker [syn: gambit]
       2: a maneuver in a game or conversation [syn: gambit, stratagem]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  ploy
     Αγγλικά n.
     το στρατήγημα, η πονηριά, το τέχνασμα

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  ploy
     Sranan Tongo vb.
     1 To flex.
     2 To curve.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  ploy
     n.
     A tactic, strategy, or scheme.
     vb.
     (lb en military) To form a column from a line of troops on some
  designated subdivision.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  ploy
     n.
     A tactic, strategy, or scheme.
     vb.
     (lb en military) To form a column from a line of troops on some
  designated subdivision.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  ploy
     n.
     A tactic, strategy, or scheme.
     vb.
     (lb en military) To form a column from a line of troops on some
  designated subdivision.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  ploy
     Englanti n.
     1 juoni, metku
     2 harrastus, ajanviete

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  ploy
     Engelska n.
     trick, knep

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Ploy /plˈɔɪ/
  الذريعة

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  ploy //plɔɪ// 
  маневра, трик
  strategy, tactic

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  ploy /plˈɔɪ/ 
  trik

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]


  ploy /plˈɔɪ/
  List , Schlich , Trick 
     Synonyms: gambit, artifice

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]


  ploy /plˈɔɪ/
  Täuschungsmanöver 
     Synonyms: feint, subterfuge
  
   see: ploys, feints

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 : [ freedict:eng-ell ]


  ploy /plˈɔɪ/
  
  κόλπο, ελιγμός

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 : [ freedict:eng-hin ]


  ploy /plˈɔɪ/ 
  1. व्यूह
        "I am an engineer this is my marketing ploy."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 : [ freedict:eng-hrv ]


  ploy /plˈɔɪ/
  posao, rad, zanat

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 : [ freedict:eng-hun ]


  ploy /plˈɔɪ/
  1. elfoglaltság
  2. huncutság
  3. trükk
  4. húzás
  5. idôtöltés

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 : [ freedict:eng-pol ]


  ploy /plɔɪ/ 
    chwyt

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-swe ]


  ploy //plɔɪ// 
  knep, trick
  strategy, tactic

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 : [ freedict:eng-tur ]


  ploy /plˈɔɪ/
  1. .desise, manevra, hile.

From IPA:en_US : [ IPA:en_US ]

/ˈpɫɔɪ/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 : [ moby-thesaurus ]


  99 Moby Thesaurus words for "ploy":
     Byzantine intrigues, art, artful dodge, artifice,
     backstairs influence, bag of tricks, bat, bender, binge, blind,
     bluff, bosey, bout, bust, carousal, carouse, catch, celebration,
     chicanery, chouse, connections, conspiracy, contrivance, coup,
     craft, curve, curve-ball, cute trick, deals, debauch, deceit,
     design, device, dirty deal, dirty trick, dodge, drinking bout,
     escapade, expedient, fakement, fast deal, feint, fetch, ficelle,
     fling, gambit, game, games, gimmick, googly, grift, hocus-pocus,
     influence peddling, intrigue, intrigues, joker, juggle, jugglery,
     knavery, lark, little game, lobbying, lobbyism, maneuver, move,
     orgy, pass, play, plot, ploys, racket, randan, randy, red herring,
     revel, ropes, ruse, scheme, schemes, scurvy trick, shift, sleight,
     sleight of hand, sleight-of-hand trick, spree, stratagem, strategy,
     strings, subterfuge, tactic, tear, toot, trick, trickery, wile,
     wily device, wingding, wire-pulling, wires

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary : [ stardic ]


  n．花招,手段

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]


     n. 活动,玩乐,手法

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